Appliances Refrigeration
Kenmore Refrigerator
by Kenmore
46
2 endorsements on r/BuyItForLife first recommended in Jan 2025
Older-generation Kenmore home refrigerator with a simple mechanical design, common in houses from the 1990s.
Added Jul 5, 2026, Updated Jul 7, 2026
Why it's buy-it-for-life
An appliance repairman reports a 1990s Kenmore fridge still running decades later, needing only a DIY gasket replacement and a hinge set swap over its lifetime.
What redditors say
Recommended on reddit as recently as July 2025
Tags
refrigerator repairable long-lasting vintage
The refrigerator is still going strong!
We just replaced a 20 year old Kenmore, still worked but I had replaced the icemaker twice and it was on the fritz again.
My 1990s Kenmore fridge... are still kicking. All were here when we bought the house in 2013. One gasket replacement and one hinge set replacement on the fridge.